A resealable hard box cigarette pack is provided with a window type opening extending across a portion of the pack top wall and also a portion of the front wall of the pack. The window is covered by a closure that may be resealed to the pack body either through insertion of a tab on the closure into a tab receiving slot in the front wall of the pack or by applying a permanent package adhesion along the outer edges of the closure with the edges of the openings in the top wall and the front wall.
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4. A hard box cigarette package comprising:
a front wall having a front opening therein extending downwardly from atop edge;
a back wall having a top edge;
two opposed side walls attached to opposed sides of said front wall and said back wall;
a bottom wall attached to bottom edges of said front wall, said back wall, and said two opposed side walls;
a top wall having a top opening therein extending from said front wall opening toward said back wall defining a cigarette package capable of holding cigarettes therein;
and a closure integral with said top wall and hingedly attached along a rear edge of said top opening and extending forwardly and downwardly coextensively over said top opening and said front opening and having an adhering material being adherable to outer peripheral edges of said front wall opening.
1. A hard box cigarette package comprising:
a front wall having a front rectangular opening therein extending downwardly from a first top edge;
aback wall;
two opposed side walls attached to opposed sides of said front wall and said back wall;
a top wall having two planar surfaces with a top rectangular opening disposed therebetween, said top rectangular opening extending rearwardly from said top edge and in alignment with said front rectangular opening, said top wall attached to said first top edge of said front wall, a second top edge of said back wall, and third and fourth top edges of said two opposed side walls;
a bottom wall attached to bottom edges of said front wall, said back wall, and said two opposed side walls defining a hard box cigarette package capable of holding cigarettes therein;
a closure integral with said top wall and hingedly attached along a rear edge of said top rectangular opening and extending forwardly and downwardly coextensively over said top rectangular opening and said front rectangular opening; and
a resealably adhering material being applied in position to adhere the outer peripheral edges of said front rectangular opening and said top rectangular opening to the outer peripheral edges of said closure when said closure covers said top rectangular opening and said front rectangular opening.
3. The cigarette package of
5. The cigarette package of
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This application is a divisional application and claims priority to and benefit of co-pending U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 10/218,075, filed on Aug. 13, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,889,827.
This invention relates to a cigarette package having an improved closure and more particularly to a closure for a cigarette package which is resealable.
Cigarettes are packaged for sale in rigid paper boxes and non-rigid paper containers referred to as “soft packs” wherein the cigarettes are packed quite tightly therein. Cigarette packages are generally provided with closures to provide access to the tightly packed cigarettes. However, many of these closures are hard to operate and the closures are not resealable after the initial opening of the pack. In many instances, closures or flaps covering the opening into the packages are torn off by the user because they interfere with the removal of cigarettes from the package.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,107,042 teaches a cigarette package having a flip open top wherein a portion of the front wall and the entirety of the top wall is exposed upon opening. In this design the entire front wall must be lifted and moved away from the package in order to expose the package contents.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,109,100 teaches a cigarette soft-pack wherein the top flaps are unfoldable in order to expose the package contents. As is shown in
U.S. Pat. No. 2,445,001 teaches a cigarette hard box having a resealable top opening. As is shown in
U.S. Pat. No. 2,944,796 teaches that one end of the top wall is hinged to expose either the left or right half of the cigarette contents. Thus, the entire half of the top wall is removable for access to the package contents.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,301,804 teaches a soft cut pack for cigarettes having a resealable top flap. The top flap also contains both left and right triangular areas which constitute a portion of the top wall thereby removing a large triangular section of the top wall and showing contents therein. The top flap of the reference is resealable to the soft cut pack. The soft cut pack also has a lift out strip 47 for raising the front cigarettes for easy removal. This is shown in
It is an object of the present invention to provide a hard box package for cigarettes having a resealable closure.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a hard box package having a window-type opening extending across a portion of the pack front and up and over the package top for easy access to the contents therein.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a cigarette package having a window-type opening extending across a portion of the pack front wherein the window is covered by a flap that can be resealed to the pack body.
It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a cigarette hard box pack including a closure having a tab insertable into the pack body for resealing of the package.
More particularly, the present invention is directed to a cigarette package which includes a front wall having a rectangular opening therein extending downwardly from a top edge of the front wall and a top wall having a rectangular opening therein extending rearwardly from a front edge in alignment with the rectangular opening in the front wall. The top wall is provided with planar surfaces on opposite sides of said opening in the top wall. A closure is hingedly attached along a rear edge of the opening in the top wall and extends forwardly and downwardly over the top wall opening and the front wall opening and is either engagable with a tab receiving slot in the front wall, or is receivably adhered to the front wall.
Additional objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become obvious to one skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of preferred embodiments exemplifying the best modes of carrying out the invention as presently perceived. A detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figures in which:
Shown in
A closure 52 is hingedly attached along a rear edge 54 of the top opening 30. The closure 52 extends forwardly and downwardly over the top opening 30 and the front opening 14. The closure 52 is provided with a fold line 112 which is in alignment with the top edge 16 of the front wall when in a closed condition. The closure 52 is also provided with a tab 56 which is engagable with a slot 58 in the front wall 12. In the first preferred embodiment the closure 52 is provided with a top section 54a which extends rearwardly less than the width of the top wall 28 and includes the terminating edge 54 which is parallel to and spaced from the back wall top edge 36.
A second preferred embodiment is shown in
A third preferred embodiment is shown in
Although the invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, variations and modifications exist within the scope and spirit of the invention as described and defined in the following claims:
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